Manifolding sales-book.



E. K. BOTTLE.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK. APPLlCATlDN FILED MAR. I5. 1916.

1,236,666 Patent-e3 Aug. 14, 1917.

UNITED STATES PTENT OFFICE;

EDWARD KIRIBY BOTTLE, OF ELMIRA, NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR T0 AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA. A CORPORATION 01 ONTARIO, CANADA,

MANIFOLEEIN G SALES-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1917.

Application filed Mare)... 15, 1916. Serial No. 842285 vices and with respect to its more specific features to manifolding salesbooks.

One of the objects of the invention is the provision of a simple and practical construction of a manifolding salesbook, wherewith duplicate, triplicate, etc., copies may be made.

Another object of the, invention is the provision of a manifolding salesbook, wherein the pads may bereadily inserted and re-' moved with ease and rapidity, and wherewith the successive leaves of the several pads may be disposed in convenient position for wr tinwithout substantial rumpling thereo Other objects will be in part obvious and in art pointed out hereinafter.

he 'nven'tion accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and thescope of the application of which will be indicated in the followingclaims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several 'views,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of the invention, and.

Fig. 2 is a detail thereof.

It will be apparent from the following disclosure that certain features of the invention may be embodied in forms of salesbooks different from the form specifically dis-- closed, but, inasmuch as the practical features of the invention are well presented in connection with a manifolding salesbook adapted to make triplicate copies, the invention is herein disclosed in connection with such an embodiment. The numeral 1 indicates a cover or holder of a manifolding salesbook. This cover may consist of a base or bottom member 2 and a top member 3,

hinged to the base member by a flexible joint as at 3, and adapted to fold into position cpposite thereto to inclose the pads. At the other side of thebasc member 2 is hinged a member 4, one face of which isadapted to carry a pad, and this binder member may be another leaf of the cover. The pad carried by the binder member may be of any practical form comporting with the proper operation of the book, and the form herein shown is known as a paragon pad; that is, it is composed of double leaves, one-half of which have stubs bound together, with the other half folded in between. This pad is secured to the binder member by means of a clam 5, so that it may be removed, and anot er similar pad substituted therefor. Lying on the pad and bound in with the stubs thereof is a double face carbon sheet 6, which may be disposed between the original and duplicate leaves of the paragon pad. The base member 2 supports another pad 7, in the present instance a pad of tissue leaves, the leaves of the tissue pad being for interposition between the-leaves of the paragon pad and on top of the carbon sheet, so that an inscription made upon the outer leaf of the paragon pad will be copiedupon the tissue and the underlying leaf. When the inscription has been made the paragon leaf is torn from the pad along a weakened line 8 adjacent'the stub portion, the free paragon leaf is torn apart along a weakened line9, provided therefor. and the binder is elevated or 0 turned around its hinge 10 so as to permit the inscribed tissue leaf to drop beneath the same, whereupon the binder may be permitted to fall upon the inscribed tissue leaf: In order to ofiicientiy secure the tissue pad in operative position and to permit its various movements, and also to provide for efficiently supporting the leaves of the tissue pad as well as to permit this pad to'be made of a relatively thin character, the' base memher 2 of the cover is provided with a holding device of a very simple character, but havin many advantageous features when employed in eonnection'with a manifolding salesbook of the character described. This device is secured near one edge of the paragon pad, in the present embodiment at the side of this pad adjacent the free edge of the binder 4. The tissue pad holding device referred to provides a channel ll extending parallel to the hinge of the binder, and in the present embodiment it consists of; ametallic strip 12 of flexible resilient materialhaving flanges or walls 13 and 14 in planes at angles to the plane ofi said metallic strip, these flanges beingdisposed in lanesgenerally normal to the plane of the ase member, and converging upwardly. This channel is open at each end for the entry of the tissue pad in a direction lengthwise of the channel, and 1t will be perceived thatsaid padimay be with drawn at either end. The walls 13 and 14 of theholding device terminate in a plane above that of the base 2, so that the tissue padh'eld'in the channel may lie nicely upon 15 the paragon pad without undue bending of ,the tissue pad; One ofthe-walls, as 13, of the holdingcdevice'isbent away from the other wall, as at 15, and one of the walls is also longer than the other, in order to faciliinto the entry of the pad between the walls.

It will be observed that the normally disposed; walls of the channel are continuous longitudinally of the channel, so that a pad in position between-the walls will be supportedon the edges of the inner Wall 13 at all. pojintsthroughout the length of the pad.

The best manner ofapplying the tissue padto its holder is to grasp this-pad when closed and direct the'edge adjacent the bind- ;ing staples or sewing'between the walls of tbe'holder at one/end ofthei-holder, the

edge of the-pad being pressed against the, 3

1 longerjiwall and, readily slid" between the -,walls, the bentback portion of the other wall fac litating the entry. i The'bound edge of the tissue'pad having been started between. the walls, the'pad my he slid com pltely into itsoperative position. Should thetissue-pad be a short one, as is some- 43 times desired. whenjonly'a portion of a rec- :ord. isto beflmad e on ztheztissne pad, the holder hereinbefore described elliciently-re- 'tains the-shortr pad and'permits it tobe adjusted longitudinally of;the-hold'er, as desired; Furthermore, it will be noted that the normally disposed walls 'of'the holder ;will be presented opposite the leaves of the tissue pad at allpoints of the latter, so that the pad 'w-ill be efficiently and positivcly supported by the holder walls throughout the len th of the pad, and this isthe case whether he tissue pad be as long or shorten than the holder. Unlike some other forms of pad holding devices, practically no instruction for applying and removing the pad from the holder is required. ;l.he manner ofinsertiug the tissue pad in operative position is apparent to the operator practically upon inspection of the mlcviee. Thus by the above described construction are accomplished, amongothers, all of the .oliiei-ts ottlie invention hcreinbefore refez'redlm,

, As many changes "could be made inthe above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could bemade without departing from the scope thereof, it is intendedfthat all matter contained in the above description or shown inthe accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. ia i c It isalsoto be' understood that the language used in the following claims is intended cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of la'ngua e, might be said to fall therebetween'l aving described iny invention, what-I elaim'as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:- i

1. A manifolding salesbook comprising, in combination,.a cover comprising leaves hinged together, one of said leaves being adapted to support apad, and another of said leaves having achanneled member extending parallel to said hinge, adapted to secure another pad in operative relation to said first mentioned pad the walls of said channel being approximately normal to the plane of the cover leaf and terminatingin'a plane above that of the cover leaf.

; 2.}A manifolding salesbook comprising,

in combination, a cover' comprising leaves hinged togetheryone of said leaves'bein adapted to support a "pad, and another '0 said leaves having a channeled-member extending parallel'to said hinge adapted to secure another pad in operative relation to said first mentioned pad, the walls of said channel being approximately normal to the planeof the cover leaf and terminating in a plane above that of the cover leaf','-one of said wal. being shorter than the otherflongitudi-nally of the channel. i 3. A 'manifolding salesboolt comprising, in combination, a cover comprising leaves hinged together, one of said leaves" bein adapted to support a' pad, and another 0 saidlcaves having a channeled member eze tending parallel to said hinge adapted to secure another pad inoperative relation to said first mentioned pad, the walls of said channel being approximately normal to the plane of the cmcr lent and terminating in a plane abovcthat otf'thc cover leaf. the end of one of said walls'bcing bent away from the other wall. 4. A mamfoldmg sul gl qk comprising,

' in eoml'iination, a cover comprising leaves hinged together, one of said loaves being adapted to support a pad, and another of said loaves having a 'r-lnnnwlvd member cX- 1 ,assme channel being approximately normal to the plane of the cover leaf and converging toward the channel opening.

5. A'manifolding salesbook comprising, in combination, a cover member, a pad hinged thereto, and a pad holder supported by said cover member, said holder comprising a metallic strip having flanges forming a padrecei\'ing channel open at one end,

said flanges extending generally parallel to said hinge. r

6. A manifolding salesbook comprising, in combination, a cover member, a pad hinged thereto, and a pad holder supported by said cover member. said holder comprising a metallic strip of resilient material, having, flanges integral therewith, forming a pad receiving channel open at one end, said flanges extending generally parallel to said hinge.

7. A manifolding salesbook comprising, in combination, a pad-supporting member, a pad connected to said member, a second member carried by said support having a channel, the Walls of which are in upstanding position relative to the pad-supporting member, and a second pad having its edge held in said ehaimel and adjustable therein.

8 A manifolding salesbook comprising, in combination, a cover member, a pad carried thereby, a channeled member upstanding from said cover member, and a second pad having its bound edge in said channeled member and adjustable in said channel.

In testimony whereof 'I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

EDW'ARD'KIRBY BOTTLE.

Witnesses:

H. L. GENTHNER, E. C. Enwsnns. 

